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Article: MADNESS IN THE MUSIC THEATRE WORKS OF PETER MAXWELL DAVIES.(and influence of works of Michel Foucault)
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- Perspectives of New Music
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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THE PURPOSE OF this article is to examine the treatment of the idea of madness in three of the stage works of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in the light of the writings on madness of the French philosopher, Michel Foucault. This association was first made by Ruud Welten in the British journal of contemporary music Tempo, [1] and, while I have reservations about the conclusions that his article comes to, it is from Welten that this article takes its lead in its examination of the topic of madness not solely from the point of view of its representation in music, but also from the point of view of the discourses which surround it. The main substance of the article will consist of ...